The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-11-17
OUT IN WASATCH.
Newsy Notes From Heber City, the
County Seat.

JOHN TURNER & Sons are shipping
daily some six loads of timber from
their steam sawmill on Main Street.
WHooP1NG COUGH is still prevalent
among the children. Two deaths lately
George Harbour.
This IS Conference morning, being
| the Forty-frst Quarterly Conference of
| the Wasatch Stake. The weather is
beautiful. Visitors are focking in from
a distance to attend the Conference.
CHIEF TABBY and some few families
are living at the old Post, Upper Du-
chesne, some thirty miles due east
from here, as the crow flies, which is
only small days drive for the red
| brethren.
BY WAY of improvement this season,
we have had an addition of some six
| dwellings, solid brick structures which
add to beautify and adorn our city
OF course, we can boast of having as
many substantial buildings as any set
Element in our Territory, according to
population.
MARX JEFFs, our enterprising mer-
chant, is putting up large two-s tory
grainery and storage building, ust
| north of his rock store facing on Main
Street. Mr.. Jeffs Is doing a thriving
business, both with the Heberites and
the Ute Indians, some of whom are
here nearly every day.
CONFERENCE CONVENED on Saturday,
at 10 am, in the Heber Hall. After
devotional exercises, President Hatch
made a few timely remarks, and said he
would give the bishops few texts in
making the reports of their several
wards, which were as follows: Institu-
tons, how conducted; voluntary dona-
schools, what success; saloons, if any in
their wards; amusements, how conduct
ed bishops, reports of their own sand
ing.
Patriarch Thomas Hicken gave some
good counsel and advice to the people
IN general.
Bishop Murdoch reported Charleston
Ward, after which the meeting ad-
journed until the afternoon.
AFTERNOON SEssIoN.-After singing
and prayer, the following bishops re-
ported their several wards IN good con-
dition: Fraughton, Wallspurg; Van
Waggoner, Midway; Clegg, Heber
West; Todd, Heber East.
Then President Hatch introduced to
the audience Elder birmingham, ex-
minister of the Presbyterian denomina-
ton, late from the state of Arkansas,
who delivered an excellent discourse of
one-half hour long, on the principles of
Mormonism, contrasting the same, with
the Christian religions OF to-day.
On SUNDAY morning at 10 a. M, a vast
sea OF faces, as before, was TO be seen in
the hall, many baving to go away for
want of even standing room.
Singing by the choir; prayer by Elder
birmingham; singing again.
Bishop Moon reported Woodland
Ward in thriving condition.
J. M. Murdoch reported, the High
Priest Quorum.
S. J. Wing reported the Sunday
schools.
Elders Wooten and T. II. Giles gave
some good instruction on the education
of the youth of Zion.
AT THE afternoon session, the hall |
was crowded as usual.
President Hatch read over list of |
names of returned missionaries, and |
assed them to occupy five minutes |
each, and the following responded: A |
Empy. E. Morton, Joseph Moulton, F. |
Fraughton, George Cluff, William |
Wright George Wilson, J. R. Murdoch,
John Huber, A. Brimm, William !
Bromley and 8. ]. Wing.
President Hatch then said that he
had thirtesn sermons to preach, which |
would occupy about five minutes; after |
which he thanked the choir for their |
and their excellent singing |
he thanked the speakers, and all who |
had attended the COnferaOca and |
me nths.
Elder Hicken then dismissed and
blessed the people.
Thus ended the forty-frst quarterly |
Conference of the Wssatch Stake.
G. j.